Air charter operator Air Bravo can now train PC-12 pilots at its facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where One-G Simulation has installed a Swiss12 advanced aviation training device (AATD) modeled on the turboprop single. The Swiss12 device received its initial FAA letter of authorization as an AATD in 2017.
This installation is the Seattle company’s first in Canada. Air Bravo has ordered a second device for the Cessna 408 SkyCourier; in 2025, the operator took the first SkyCourier delivered in Canada.
One-G matched the device to the PC-12s that Air Bravo flies, down to their installed avionics. Pilots can use the AATD for procedures, systems management, and abnormal and emergency scenarios, subject to the operator’s training requirements and applicable regulatory approvals, including those from Transport Canada.
Hardware includes aerodynamically-driven force-feedback yokes, linked rudder pedals with toe brakes, a fully functional overhead panel, a crew alerting system (CAS) panel, and visuals projected onto a curved screen. From One-G’s instructor operator station, instructors set aircraft position, weather, and system failures.
“A PC-12 operator shouldn’t have to send pilots out of province for every recurrent event,” said One-G founder and CEO Xylon Saltzman. “Because we build the hardware and software ourselves, we could match this device to Air Bravo’s aircraft and put that training in their own hangar.”
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